Xiaoyue Ni
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests
Flexible electronics, precision measurement, non-destructive testing, deformation physics of random media, mechanical metamaterials, robotic materials and smart structures, machine learning
Bio
The Ni group aims to realize human-oriented materials intelligence through the combination of soft electronics and digital metamaterials—the materials can sense human signals, transform and adapt their functional properties according to human actions or status. The technical approach embraces epidermal electronics for advanced sensing of body mechanics, and micro/nanomechanics for closed-loop programmable matter. Our research focuses on creating digital-physical interfaces for dynamic control over materials properties via a full spectrum of mechanical and acoustic processes.
Education
- Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2018
Positions
- Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Assistant Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Courses Taught
- CEE 626: Energy Flow and Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids
- ECE 391: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ME 221L: Structure and Properties of Solids
- ME 391: Undergraduate Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 392: Undergraduate Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 492: Special Projects in Mechanical Engineering
- ME 493: Engineering Undergraduate Fellows Projects
- ME 543: Energy Flow and Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids
- ME 591: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science
- ME 592: Research Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering or Material Science